baucan

词形变化

baucans 复数 baucans

别名

baucent

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A long red streamer hoisted by ships during the Middle Ages to indicate combat to the death.

    历史

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:baucan.

词源

From French, perhaps related to Old French baucent (“black and white; the black and white flag (with red cross) of the templars”), Old Occitan bausan (“black and white (horse)”) despite the change in meaning/colour.

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